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Smart cities : big data, civic hackers, and the quest for a new utopia Anthony M. Townsend

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c2014.Description: xiv, 388 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780393349788
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.76 TO SM
Online resources: Summary: In response, cities worldwide are deploying technology to address both the timeless challenges of government and the mounting problems posed by human settlements of previously unimaginable size and complexity. In Chicago, GPS sensors on snow plows feed a real-time "plow tracker" map that everyone can access. In Zaragoza, Spain, a "citizen card" can get you on the free city-wide Wi-Fi network, unlock a bike share, check a book out of the library, and pay for your bus ride home. In New York, a guerrilla group of citizen-scientists installed sensors in local sewers to alert you when stormwater runoff overwhelms the system, dumping waste into local waterways.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 307.76 TO SM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0056933

"With a new epilogue"--Cover.

"First published as a Norton paperback 2014"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-370) and index.

In response, cities worldwide are deploying technology to address both the timeless challenges of government and the mounting problems posed by human settlements of previously unimaginable size and complexity. In Chicago, GPS sensors on snow plows feed a real-time "plow tracker" map that everyone can access. In Zaragoza, Spain, a "citizen card" can get you on the free city-wide Wi-Fi network, unlock a bike share, check a book out of the library, and pay for your bus ride home. In New York, a guerrilla group of citizen-scientists installed sensors in local sewers to alert you when stormwater runoff overwhelms the system, dumping waste into local waterways.

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